Autumn Stripes with Just A Scrappin

Welcome back!

It is that time of week again. Time for a new challenge from Just A Scrappin'!!

This week it is

SHOW US YOUR STRIPES

Any theme, but use autumn colors!

I thought back to this card I did and how much I love this paper line by Quick Quotes (sorry, its discontinued). It is perfect autumn colors.

I tore a piece of stripe paper and added it to the brown card. I cut the sentiment from another sheet from this line and wrapped Cappuccino twine around it. I fussy cut some leaves from another pattern from this line and added them in a diagonal pattern.

Here you can see the dimension the pop dots give it. I like to pop-dot things I am gluing with twine or over twine so that the paper doesn't end up with creases in it or it looking uneven. I also inked the edges of all the paper in Quick Quotes Powder Puff Ink in Biscotti. 

I hope you join us this week at Just A Scrappin'!!

I also have exciting news! I am a new member on the design team for My Cricut Craft Room!!

Look for my first post for them next week :)

~Liz

Halloween preview with Quick Quotes

Welcome back for my last guest designer post with Quick Quotes.

When I saw that Quick Quotes was coming out with a Halloween line I crossed my fingers that I would get some to play with and sure enough when I opened my box there it was! Halloween is my birthday so I tend to scrap any birthday pictures on Halloween paper but I did happen to have some costume pictures waiting to be scrapbooked from a couple years back.

I love the great patterns in this line. Even if you are not into Halloween, the pattern paper alone could really be used for any event. But I of course went all out! The black and white polka dot paper is just begging to be inked. I love that you ink it and the white dots really show the colors. I used Midnight Confession, Purple Passion and Limeade.

I love this velum quote as a title. I layered it on some pattern paper. I cut out a piece of the same pattern paper and fussy cut the chevron pattern to help hold the velum quote down without seeing the glue.

Since I was a vampire this Halloween, I had to use this Blood Donors Needed element. One of the sheets from this line has a whole list of cute word-play jokes. I cut out all the vampire ones and made this into a pocket.

I added some twine around the end so they were easier to pull out and see the answer to the joke.

This spider web and 3 spiders (2 here and 1 on the other page shown earlier) are also new from Quick Quotes. I just pulled them out of the package and put them on the page! So easy!

and I just had to use this Candy is Dandy quote. It matches the purple and lime swirl paper around it and just fits me. 

I hope you have enjoyed the projects I have done as much as I enjoyed playing with all their new lines! And I hope I introduced a couple new people to the wonderful world of Quick Quotes!

Products Used:

Quick Quotes Halloween Line

Quick Quotes Spiders and Spiderweb

Quick Quotes Happy Halloween Hauntings Velum Quotes

Quick Quotes Candy is Dandy Velum Quote

Quick Quotes Halloween elements

**All the Halloween products will be available at Quick Quotes on or after August 23rd.

Quick Quotes Powder Puff Ink in Midnight Confession, Purple Passion and Limeade

Twinery Twine in Charcoal

Want 2 Scrap rhinestones in black

Remember:

Check back later for today's new challenge with Just A Scrappin!

Comment on any Guest Designer Quick Quotes post this month for a chance to enter a giveaway from me of some great Quick Quotes products!

Fussy Cutting

So to break from all the layouts I have been doing, today I am finally starting to get caught up on past due birthday cards! I don't want to break my new years resolution so I am starting back with birthdays from April! This one happens to be for my mom. I know, of all the cards to miss, this one should not have been it!!

You might recognize the paper from a layout I did earlier. When I showed my mom the page, she loved the paper line so I got out the scraps I had left over to get working. The paper is from My Mind's Eye and their June challenge is fussy cutting! How perfect :)

The flowers and the saying are from a set of border strips that I cut apart. I put part of the title on the front and the rest on the inside below. I inked everything in Quick Quotes Powder Puff ink in Mai Tai.

I added a couple more flowers from the border without the stems. then put some pearls on the flowers and it was done!

Cute simple and quick card for the most wonderful mother.

Check back tomorrow for my father's day card! I normally don't post on the weekends, but I want to get it in before Sunday :)

Happy Crafting!

~Liz